Carpet steamer: Can anyone tell me if this works well as a carpet cleaner?
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I'm not impressed by it on carpets at all, just spent an hour with it and stain/spot lifter on a 2 square foot area by my back door trying to get rid of the "heavy traffic" look. Despite carpets being professionally cleaned less than a year ago and living alone it barely made a dent in it. I may try a Haan if I purchase one of these ever again, they seem to do better all around.
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Idont think that I would buy it for commercial use, altho I have used it many times, and have loaned it out to my son to do their home without any problems. If the carpet is very dirty, you would have to refill the water resivoir, and dump the dirty water to many times to use commercially
265509
When I owned this the company made an accessory that could be used for steaming clothing ...at an extra cost. I never used it on rugs. Don't know about that one.
2201690
I use it as regular vacuum to clean my rooms, does well. The suction is good enough that I think it will remove water from carpets. Hope this helps.
518617
Does NOT work well on carpet. Does clean hard surfaces both wet and dry very well. I also bought a small canister bag less vac with the hose to vac area rugs, baseboards. closets, bathroom and furniture--hard to reach places with upright. Hope that helps. Peace
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Hi there....I use my steam cleaner on beige full pile carpet because I have a little dog. What I do is a combination. I have an environment cloth from Norwegian on hand & dry....I plug in the cleaner put the steam to the carpet...let it get really steamy & wipe up excess water (dog stains)....takes only a short time to dry....stain & smell gone....
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This is a high efficiency shop vac. Not suitable for routine carpet cleaning. There are HEPA units made for routine household cleaning that would likely serve you better. They include carpet beater bars etc.
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I would think you would steam clean the carpet first... Is this for inside a home? I ask because the smell would be strong and diluting may not work for you
160159
I have used it on the carpet, but really only as a sweeper. It works well in that regard. I have pets, so just adding steam without extracting anything is asking to make my house smell like a wet dog :)
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I use it to clean carpets and zap pet stains. Its a miracle and just with tap water. Works better than my big Hoover Carpet Cleaner. I put a pad on and hold it for a minute at full steam.
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Hi Larena. I don't know about the other steam cleaner that is on Amazon. You might ask someone who bought it what they thought about it. I can only tell you that the Steamfast will not do the job. Good luck in your search. I hope you find something that works for you.
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For a small machine the suction is pretty good. I have only used it twice, but the carpet dried quickly so I'm assuming this was due to the machine drying up a lot of the water and shampoo used for cleaning.
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It is a carpet shampooer-have hardwood floors so no way I am trying it out on them...maybe someone else has used on hard floors. Shampoos my bedroom carpet great, exactly what I bought for. I have a Hoover hard floor cleaner for kitchen that also works great, polishes and even picks up dirty water, but don't think they make any more-sorry!
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I don't believe so, this doesn't even work well on carpets. The only reason i still have this is because it sucks up the dirty water that is sprayed on the surface well, helps it dry faster and the amount i payed for it; but the actual cleaning doesn't happen because the brush underneath doesn't rotate to scrub. So to get better use of this, one has to do the cleaning manually and then use the steamer to suck up the excess water.
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I agree with the other commenter...This is would not be an ideal choice for rugs/carpet. It does a great job picking up small debris on tile and hardwood flooring as well as food crumbs, etc. on upholstered furniture when used as a hand vac.
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I would advise against it as a Steam cleaner/ extractor for carpets with an upholstery attachment is much more suited as it sucks up all the moisture which a hard surface steamer such as the Steam Fast model you are asking about does not have the ability to extract. Fabric and especially upholstery is subject to mildew and mold if not dried completely, so I personally would not risk that or altering the color.I have a Hoover Steam Cleaner/ Extractor that works well for that job.
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No, it is not designed at all for carpet cleaning, only for hard surfaces. There is a device that attaches to the bottom which enables the user to "freshen up" a carpet but all it does is inject some steam. It does not remove stains.